so why can't the guy that used to cover the city hall beat for the smalltown star keep doing it on his or her blog?
Maybe they would like to keep their paycheck from the local rag? Plus, to maintain their job they will probably try to be more objective when reporting to keep the newspaper management happy. Sure they are free to go off in their own time and have a blog. But trying to make it profitable may be a little challenging for some of the smaller communities.
Agreed. In our small town (~45k) the only people who attend city council meetings tend to be the nutjobs with extreme agendas. They put up extremely one sided blogs demonizing the opposition. It is a good thing the local paper is there to at least print a more level headed article.
Plus, Mike, when you complain about the death of newspapers you say they should focus on local news since anyone can get national/world news easily and abundantly on the internet. A city council meeting would be the best place for a news reporter to be to report on what is going on in the community since you probably won't find that info on the NY Times website.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 29 Jun 2009 @ 10:53am
Will networks take heed?
The questions networks should ask themselves is what if we scale back the ads on broadcast tv since a few (1-3) ads tends to keep viewers watching instead of flipping the channel, going to the kitchen to make popcorn, or any other activity that they would willingly exit the room since they knew they had five minutes before the show started again.
I watched the show Fringe on Fox a couple of times and at commercial break they would say, "Fringe will return in 30 seconds," or 60 depending on the break. They would either have one 30 sec ad or two 15s. Plus, it didn't seem like they increased the number of breaks. I wouldn't even bother muting since that takes about 5-10 seconds to find the remote. So I would sit through the ads.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 29 Jun 2009 @ 5:48am
Important data
I would think that the most important data would be where the bus is at the moment. I have to laugh at the "algorithm" claim. If the red line is at 5th and Main at 6:25am it typically takes 21 minutes to get to 38th and Garden. Add 21 minutes to current time. Complex, I know. But I don't want to put the actual time since it may be copyrighted. ;]
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 26 Jun 2009 @ 8:23am
Re: Re: Re: That's why I love Canada
Probably would have been treated differently if they were Chinese. Foreigners most likely get speedy service so the Chinese can have the appearance of good health care. Like the amount of money spent on the opening ceremony of the Olympics while people are starving throughout the country.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 26 Jun 2009 @ 7:02am
The paper business
Maybe they don't want to put Dunder Mifflin out of business.
So we see yet another industry who clings to old/inefficient business practices to maintain their easy money. Of course, if it was my livelihood that was going away because of some technology, I would be a little disgruntled and drag my feet...at least until I figure out how to make money from the new system. Most of the time I despise these dinosaurs for dragging their feet and vilifying technology but maybe they are just trying to figure it out.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 23 Jun 2009 @ 9:01am
Re: spying?
Paparazzi do this to celebrities all the time. As long as they follow the laws they don't get thrown in jail and famous people just have to live with it.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 17 Jun 2009 @ 6:06am
Re: AC still sees Ads
You see ads? What a loser. As for the bandwagon comment...you obviously must of jumped on the bandwagon for censorship. Let us hear your arguments. The Australian black list is a near proven failure when only 33% of the sites blocked provide kiddie porn at some levels that may even be questionable. And guess what...I am sure the child porn lovers still were able to get what they wanted. These politicians can never provide statistics on that. So it is the perfect chance for them to waste your tax money and provide hardly any benefit without any accountability that it worked, all the while grandstanding for re-election.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 11 Jun 2009 @ 6:25am
How much did 4 months cost?
What a waste. All the delay got us was 3 million people (where do these numbers come from anyway...speculation?). That is less than 1% of the US population. How much did it cost all the networks/tv stations to keep their analog and digital stations running for four months?
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 10 Jun 2009 @ 11:15am
What article did you read?
Oddly, the article doesn't mention the Lori Drew case...
Umm...the article you linked to did mention the Lori Drew case. It said that the law would not be applicable in that situation because the fake profile was not an actual person. It seems the legislation is aimed at making it illegal for someone else to make a profile impersonating another actual person and using it for said purposes. More of an identity theft thing. But I still see issues with the parody profiles or the freedom of a *sucks profile. Sure these could "harm", as you said, very broad and will open up to definition and feed the lawyers.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 2 Jun 2009 @ 7:45am
try to make sure the photo on the license matches with other photos of the individual
I would go so far as to say most people smile in photos that are taken of them as long as they are aware of photographer. What troubles me is that they want you to look as though you are unaware of the surveillance Big Brother is/will be increasing.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 28 May 2009 @ 7:19am
Voter turnout
Despite part of the reason for internet voting being that it would get more people involved a tiny 6.3% of the electorate participated...
The article states that they had a 28% voter turnout in 2007 for the same type of election. Maybe the extra 21.7% was the amount of fraudulent voters on the old system? >=]
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Maybe they would like to keep their paycheck from the local rag? Plus, to maintain their job they will probably try to be more objective when reporting to keep the newspaper management happy. Sure they are free to go off in their own time and have a blog. But trying to make it profitable may be a little challenging for some of the smaller communities.
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Plus, Mike, when you complain about the death of newspapers you say they should focus on local news since anyone can get national/world news easily and abundantly on the internet. A city council meeting would be the best place for a news reporter to be to report on what is going on in the community since you probably won't find that info on the NY Times website.
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Will networks take heed?
I watched the show Fringe on Fox a couple of times and at commercial break they would say, "Fringe will return in 30 seconds," or 60 depending on the break. They would either have one 30 sec ad or two 15s. Plus, it didn't seem like they increased the number of breaks. I wouldn't even bother muting since that takes about 5-10 seconds to find the remote. So I would sit through the ads.
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Important data
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The paper business
So we see yet another industry who clings to old/inefficient business practices to maintain their easy money. Of course, if it was my livelihood that was going away because of some technology, I would be a little disgruntled and drag my feet...at least until I figure out how to make money from the new system. Most of the time I despise these dinosaurs for dragging their feet and vilifying technology but maybe they are just trying to figure it out.
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Re: spying?
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How much did 4 months cost?
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What article did you read?
Umm...the article you linked to did mention the Lori Drew case. It said that the law would not be applicable in that situation because the fake profile was not an actual person. It seems the legislation is aimed at making it illegal for someone else to make a profile impersonating another actual person and using it for said purposes. More of an identity theft thing. But I still see issues with the parody profiles or the freedom of a *sucks profile. Sure these could "harm", as you said, very broad and will open up to definition and feed the lawyers.
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I would go so far as to say most people smile in photos that are taken of them as long as they are aware of photographer. What troubles me is that they want you to look as though you are unaware of the surveillance Big Brother is/will be increasing.
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Voter turnout
The article states that they had a 28% voter turnout in 2007 for the same type of election. Maybe the extra 21.7% was the amount of fraudulent voters on the old system? >=]
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